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In the first week of November, more than 1,200 certificates of incapacity for work were issued for isolation, and in the last week of the month almost 6,000 certificates of incapacity for work of this type were recorded. Sodra recalls in which cases people in self-isolation can receive a certificate of incapacity for work and sickness benefit.
See your family doctor
“We sometimes get questions from the public about whether a COVID-19 test or contact with the National Public Health Center (NVSC) will result in a certificate of inability to work and an automatic sickness benefit.
It is important to note that in order to obtain a certificate of incapacity for work due to possible COVID-19 infection or contact with a person with a coronavirus infection, as in all other cases, patients must consult their family doctor ”, recalls Rimantas Mitkevičius , Head of the Sodra Department of Benefits and Disability Control. .
If a person has to isolate himself by contact with a sick person, a certificate of incapacity for work for mandatory isolation may be issued when he cannot work remotely due to the nature of his work and has not been declared inactive.
In such cases, the usual procedure for issuing a certificate of disability and paying sickness benefit applies. Until quarantine and emergency are declared in Lithuania, certificates of inability to work can be issued and extended remotely.
Retrospective question of incapacity for work
Sometimes, due to a high flow of patients or other objective reasons, the medical institution cannot issue a certificate of incapacity to work on the day of the application. It can be issued retroactively for a maximum of 5 business days from the date of contact with the GP.
However, if the GP is unable to issue a certificate of incapacity for work because he has not yet received an NVSC certificate due to mandatory isolation, the certificate can be issued retroactively after the NVSC receives the NVSC certificate, regardless of how long time requested by the patient.
Disability to work will be granted and sickness benefit will be paid during the mandatory isolation period, but for no more than 14 calendar days according to the certificate delivered to the NVSC family doctor.
Make sure you need an NVSC certificate
In most cases, the GP issues a certificate of incapacity for work on the basis of a certificate from the National Public Health Center (NVSC) indicating the mandatory isolation period.
An NVSC certificate is not required if a person has had contact with your family, that is, a sick member of your family, but only if these people live together and are admitted to the same primary health care center.
This change came into effect recently: until now, a GP without an NVSC certificate could issue a certificate of incapacity for work for a period of mandatory isolation to a person who had contact with a sick family member if they were admitted to the same doctor .
This caused inconvenience to the residents; for example, if two of the four family members who lived together were registered with another GP, they had to wait for the NVSC to issue the corresponding certificate. Now this requirement is gone, it is enough that the family members are registered with the same medical institution.
Complete the sickness benefit application
To receive Sodra sickness benefit, an application must be submitted. This can be done by logging into the personal account sodra.lt/gyventiui with an electronic signature, banking email or via e. government gates.
Once you have completed this application, you no longer have to: sickness benefit will be awarded automatically. Sickness benefit can be claimed no later than 12 months after the end of the illness.
Health insurance is available to people insured with social health insurance who have had at least 3 months of social health insurance on the first day of illness in the last 12 months or 6 months in the last 24 months.
The amount of the sickness benefit is 62.06% in the case of personal illness and self-isolation and 65.94% in the case of personal nursing (care). of wages “on paper”.
You can check the amount of your sickness benefit here.
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